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Sakhalin

Sakhalin (Russian:Сахалин, pronounced[səxɐˈlʲin]) is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, lying between 45°50' and 54°24'N. It is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. Sakhalin, which is about one fifth the size of Japan, is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of Japan.

The indigenous peoples of the island are the Ainu, Oroks and Nivkhs. Sakhalin has been claimed by both Russia and Japan over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. This has led to bitter disputes between the two countries over control of the island. Russia seized the island from the Japanese near the end of World War II. Most Ainu moved to Hokkaido when the Japanese were displaced from the island in 1949.

Etymology

The island is known in Russian as Сахалин (Sakhalin). In Chinese, it is known as Kuye (simplified Chinese:库页; traditional Chinese:庫頁; pinyin:Kùyè). In Japanese, it is known as Karafuto(樺太) or, borrowing the Russian appellation, as Saharin(サハリン). The spelling Saghalien may be found in historical texts.

Sakhalin-III

The Sakhalin-3 (Russian:Сахалин-3) project is an oil and gas development in Sakhalin Island, Russia. It includes four blocks (East-Odoptu, Ayashsky, Veninsky and Kirinsky) containing 5.1 billion barrels (810×10^6m3) of crude oil and 46trillion cubic feet (1.3×10^12m3) of natural gas.

The Veninsky field is being developed by Venineft, a joint venture of Rosneft (74.9%) and Sinopec (25.1%). It has oil reserves of 1.2 billion barrels (190×10^6m3) and 9.1trillion cubic feet (260×10^9m3) of natural gas.

Kirinsky gas and condensate field is being developed by Gazprom Dobycha Shelf, a subsidiary of Gazprom. Kirinsky field is located 28 kilometres (17mi) offshore Sakhalin Island in the Sea of Okhotsk in water depths of approximately 90 metres (300ft). It has gas reserves about 3.6trillion cubic feet (100×10^9m3). The field is expected to be commissioned in 2014. In addition, Gazprom owns the East-Odoptu and Ayashsky licences.

Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil, and Rosneft got the licence to operate Sakhalin-3 under a production sharing agreement granted in 1993. The licence was revoked and re-tendered in 2005 under a normal tax regime.

Sakhalin-2 includes the first liquefied natural gas plant in Russia. The development is situated in areas previously little touched by human activity, causing various groups to criticize the development activities and the impact they have on the local environment.

History

The first ever Russian production sharing agreement was signed in the framework of the Sakhalin-2 project in 1994. Production began from the Molikpaq platform in the Piltun-Astokhskoye field in July 1999, and in September 1999 the first crude oil was exported.

The consortium Sakhalin Energy had a contract to produce gas without a local partner. However, in 2005–2006 the consortium was heavily criticized due to environmental issues and the legal proceeding on violation of the Russian environmental regulations were initiated. Under legal and political pressure, the consortium was forced to sell a majority stake to Gazprom. On 21 December 2006, Gazprom took control over a 50%-plus-one-share stake in the project by signing an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the signing ceremony in Moscow and indicated that environmental issues had been resolved.

History

The land belonged to John Bunyan Slaughter, as it was on his U Lazy S Ranch. In 1906, Slaughter sold it to Charles William (C. W.) Post, the breakfast cereal manufacturer, who founded "Post City" as a utopian colonizing venture in 1907. Post devised the community as a model town. He purchased 200,000 acres (810km2) of ranchland and established the Double U Company to manage the town's construction. The company built trim houses and numerous structures, which included the Algerita Hotel, a gin, and a textile plant. They planted trees along every street and prohibited alcoholic beverages and brothels. The Double U Company rented and sold farms and houses to settlers. A post office began in a tent during the year of Post City's founding, being established (with the name Post) July 18, 1907, with Frank L. Curtis as first postmaster. Two years later, the town had a school, a bank, and a newspaper, the Post City Post, the same name as the daily in St. Louis, Missouri. The Garza County paper today is called the Post Dispatch. The railroad reached the town in 1910. The town changed its name to "Post" when it incorporated in 1914, the year of C. W. Post's death. By then, Post had a population of 1000, 10 retail businesses, a dentist, a physician, a sanitarium, and Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches.

The album was produced by Clive Shakespeare (Sherbet guitarist) and Kelly, and was released in May 1985 by the independent White Records label, leased to Mushroom Records. The album failed to chart in Australia, with only one single, "From St Kilda to Kings Cross", released in April which also failed to chart. The name of the album, Post relates to both being 'after' significant changes in Kelly's life and to the sense of a 'signpost' to future directions. Kelly dedicated the album to Paul Hewson, keyboardist and songwriter for New Zealand/Australian band Dragon who had died of a heroin overdose in January. Kelly has described Post as a concept album dealing with addictions - not necessarily heroin addiction - but various forms, he has also denied that the songs were autobiographical but that he wrote about the world around him.

Sakhalin

Sakhalin (Russian:Сахалин, pronounced[səxɐˈlʲin]) is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, lying between 45°50' and 54°24'N. It is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. Sakhalin, which is about one fifth the size of Japan, is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of Japan.

The indigenous peoples of the island are the Ainu, Oroks and Nivkhs. Sakhalin has been claimed by both Russia and Japan over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries. This has led to bitter disputes between the two countries over control of the island. Russia seized the island from the Japanese near the end of World War II. Most Ainu moved to Hokkaido when the Japanese were displaced from the island in 1949.

Etymology

The island is known in Russian as Сахалин (Sakhalin). In Chinese, it is known as Kuye (simplified Chinese:库页; traditional Chinese:庫頁; pinyin:Kùyè). In Japanese, it is known as Karafuto(樺太) or, borrowing the Russian appellation, as Saharin(サハリン). The spelling Saghalien may be found in historical texts.

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He also learned that they were from SakhalinIsland (some 30 kilometers away) and that they often traveled to this island to hunt sea-lions for food and clothing ... For the next month, the Zephyr sailed around Sakhalin Island ... "All along the coast of Sakhalin, at intervals of about ten miles, are Russianposts, each guarded by about a dozen soldiers....

That same month, Neil Duffin, president of subsidiary Exxon MobilDevelopment, signed several deals to continue their work on the Sakhalin oil and natural gas project on Russia's eastern coast. A photo posted on Rosneft's website shows Sechin and Duffin smiling broadly and shaking ......

That same month, Neil Duffin, president of subsidiary Exxon MobilDevelopment, signed several deals to continue their work on the massive Sakhalin oil and natural gas project on Russia’s eastern coast. A photo posted on Rosneft’s website shows Sechin and Duffin smiling ......

Russian authorities announced on Wednesday that they would be introducing free e-visas to business and tourist travelers heading to the Primorye, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Chukotka and Kamchatka regions for fewer than eight days in a bid to revive the region's economy ... A post shared by @k.nora.r on Feb 20, 2017 at 3.52pm PST....